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June 3o, 1925. 1,544,540 T. o. THAYER GATE Filed Aug. 17, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l misses INVENTOR.

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June 30, 1925. 1,544,540

T. O. THAYER GATE Filed Aug. 17, v1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l BY f/l f/ Y ATTORNEY.

Patent-ed dune 30, 1,925,

trrnnsfroivV o. THAYEB, or

ALBANY, OREGON, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-EIFTHS TO GEORGE E. RIGGS, yOF ALBANY, OREGON. Y

GATE.

Application filed August 17, 1921. Serial No. 493,085.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, TILEsToN O. THAYER, citizen of United States, residing atAlbany, in the countyof Linn and State of Oregon, have inventedrcertain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification. j Y

This invention has reference to gatesand more particularly. to a gate structure'embodying means operable from Va distance from the gate for opening vand closing same.

An additional objectis toprovide an improved gate structure embodying means operable by a person in a vehicle for opening andclosing the gate without compelling said person to alight from the vehiclel in which he may -be riding. 'u

'An additional object is to provide a gate structure of generally improved construction and design and including latch means adaptablesto all kinds and makes of gates, said latch means being so intimately associated with the opening and closing means as to be automatically thrown into locking and releasing positions as the gate is swungbetween the posts.

With the above and other objects in. view, the invention maybe said to residegenerally in the detailspof construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter more fully described, reference being had to the accompanying vdrawings, wherein: 1

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a grate embodying the invention; Figure2l a plan.

view of the invention, partly in section, Figure 3 is a -fragmentary detail -view of a gate portion, disclosing the pulley or rope guide at the end of the latch bar; Figure l `is a cross sectional View taken on line 1-41 o Figure 3;' and Figure 5 a detailed View of the main ring-catch or detentv of the gate post. f e Corresponding and like parts are referred to Vin the followingdescription and indicated 'in vthe several views of the drawings bylike reference characters. y .u The device may be constructed f `the latch bar.

of wood, metalA or other suitable .material and' comprises a gate 1 mounted to swing about hinge post 2 and (5o-operating with latch posts 3 and 4 respectively. Hinges 5 connect the gate with post 2 and permit it to swing freely with its opposite end moving in an arc'between posts 3 and 4.. Pivoted to the gate, as at 6 is a vhorizontally disposed ylatch-bar 7 the long arm of which worksl in a kbracket guide 8 gate as shown in Figure ,1. This bracket provides Va rest 0r. support for the latchbar and tends to hold the same in a horizontal position. At its outer end the latch bar the gate, f

,fastened to l the projects forwardly of the gate as shown at 9 for engagement withthe detenty on post 3 when thek gate is swung into closed position. This detent comprises a ring guide 10, preferably in the vform of a metal strap fastened topost 3 and-projecting laterally of one side thereof inloop formation to receive therebetween a ring 11. This ring is loosely supported between the arms of the loop 10 by a cross pin 12, .the ring normally depending below, .the loop as :shown to advantage in Figure ,5' of the drawings.l Consequently, when Vthe gate swings closed, vthe ring is vforced upwardly through theloop by the pressureofV latch bar Vend 9 which comes in contact therewith, the ring offering no'resistance to the advancel of the latch bar. However, when the vbar has passed beyond -12 and is adjacent post 3, ring 11 is caused to dropdownwardly through the guide, coming between. end 9 ofthe latch bar and the -V bight-13 of the loop 10, thereby locking the gate in place as the bight of the loop prevents the ring from being lifted v,upwardly by any attempted backward movement of As willfbe clearly seen in Figure 5 the pin 12 whichsupports ring 11 is spaced from the bight ,13 less'distance than the diameter of the ring 11 so that any tendency of the gate to open after the latchbar 9. has been positioned between the ring 11 and post 3l will be prevented'by the latchbar 9 engaging against thering 11 which in turn is prevented from vertical displacement by 'any outward movement of the latch bar endl the latch baris .provided `with an'opew guide 1&1, preferably a pulleysupportedupwardly from the bar by abracket 15. This guide is adapted to be engaged by a pulliil rope 16V which passes under the pulley and engages the gate to whichlit is fastenedv asv shown at 17. The other end of the pull rope is'fastened to one endet la centrally pivoted lever arm 18supported by ,post 19 and "haveV ing its lower end connected by a rope 20k to the lower end of a lever 21, correspondingto lever 18 but mounted onl the opposite side ot thegate' and pivoted to post 22. Posts 19 and` 22,' are preferably; out oitV longitudinal alignment with posts 2 and 4L, beingrspaced therefrom landremotely` positioned from the gateon opposite sides.y Lever 21 'has its upper'endf'connected to the gate by a pull rope 23 'as shown.

Postfl isprovidechadjacent its lower end, with 'a lguidebracket 24 anda pivoted gate catolr25movable in an up anddown direc"- tion' withinlth'e bracket,vr the 'forward endfol thef catch'Y being bent' to engage over the lowerbar'ot thegatewhen the latter is swung open against post 4.' This movable gate catch'is provided with a pulley orV rope guide/26 adapted toengagewover rope 20 and connected tothe catch as shown at 27.

Inth'e operation of the vdevice the gate when lclosedz'is 'normally arranged as shown infFigurel of the drawings. The gate is thenclosing Vthe road oi' other passage way betweenfposts 2Vand 3 and is held latched by'ring 11 Yas previously described. When itisdesired' to .open thegateuto permit the passage of a vehicleapproaching'the same fromtheV side thereof lon which'the lever 21 is situated and without requiring the person to j alightY from suchvehicle,the upper end ot" lever 21 is'pushed in toward the gate thereby slackingcable 23 and pulling on cable`20 to move the llowerend of leverlS inwardly toward the gate. This movement causes the upperend of lever'18 tomove outwardlyf away j from.' theV gate lthereby tightening and` tending to straighten' cable 16 which lifts the rope' guide 14 to cause 'the latch end 9 ofthe'bar 7 :to move downwardly and' di-sengage the' detent'on post 3. After then detenthasV been disengaged, cable 16 pulls outwardly' ofthe 'gate away 'from the approa'ehinggteam so as :to swing the gate forwardlyand toward'post 4 untilV the lower crossbar of the'gate" engages behind latch to'release lthe lower cross bar'of the gate.V

The lower end of the lever 21 being moved toward gate post 2 causes the upper end ofV this lever to move outwardly away from the gatefthereby'tightening and pulling cable 23 toward post 22, and the connections with the cable 16 and 23withthe1gatebeing arranged about' ten' inchesV or so from the hinges, the cable 23 will swing the gate to 'a closed posi-v tion so that 'the free end of the llatchbar 7 will pass under ring 11 and hold the gate ina-V closed` position. It' willalso be'unden stood that the posts 19 and'22'are set-'in` on the readout of'lin'e with theposts 2 vand 4, or 'these two posts' .maybe situated to one side'of "theV road just' so they are out of align` kment'with the posts12'and When approach toward the gate is made from the side thereof 'on which'post`19` is situated to openlthe gate'it -islnecessary to move the upperend of lever 18'outwardly and in the direction from whichthe teamyis approaching ,so as tocause cable-16 to lact upon the latch andgatein the same manner as itactedupon these elements when the upper end of lever 21 was movedtoward the gate post 2'as described hereinbei'ore;` Itv will thus be seenvtha-t the invention includes a gate structure having gate opening means of.practicaloperation and designed to permit the opening'and closingof agate withoutrequiring a person to alightfrom a vehicle in which said person or persons may be-riding.

The foregoing description and accompanyi'ng drawings have `reference to what might be considered to be the approved or preferred form o'lmy invention. I'desire itfto be understood,however, that I may make such vchanges in theconstruction combination and arrangement of partsma terials, and dimensions as may,l prove eX- pedient and fall within thevscope of the appended claim. f `Having thus :described my invention, what I claim.l as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In combination with a gate, apost, adeizo tent comprising avertically movable ringv normally arranged in its lowermost position, p Y

said ring 'being restricted in. itsgmovement outwardly of said post a latch barlulcrumecl on;` the gate and'havingone endnormal'ly' urged upwardly Yfor 'cooperationV with the ring and adapted to engage the bottom adjacent the post is engaged by said latch 10 of the ring to raise the same whereby the ba said end of the latch bar can be retained In testimony whereof I afix my signature between the ring andi the post when the gate in presence of two witnesses. e y' is closed, and said etent en a'in end of said bai' being movable downvrdy to en- TILESTQN O' THAYER gage the bottom of the ring to raise the same Witnesses:

when the bar is operated Vto open the gate, i A. K. MGMAHAN,

said ring being immovable when its side EMILE E. LARKIN. 

